Capital Public Radio: Sound Advice Podcast

Hey, Listen! Host, Nick Brunner, offers a starter set for your Halloween playlist. It include humble, hallowed suggestions for your weekend party to help go beyond "The Monster Mash."

CapRadio’s Gary Vercelli shares four new releases for jazz fans: tracks from Jimmy Cobb, Mark Winkler, Sara Gazarek and Steve Kahn.

Davis Live Music Collective executive director Kyle Monhollen joins with a preview of the artists performing this weekend at Davis Music Fest 9 in this week’s Sound Advice.

CapRadio’s Jazz Music Director Gary Vercelli highlights notable new releases by today’s top female jazz vocalists, including Calabria Foti, Tierney Sutton, Mary Stallings, and Nicki Parrott.

We meet CapRadio’s new midday classical host, Jennifer Reason. She talks with Morning Classical host Kevin Doherty about her roots, martial arts, her love of the outdoors and her favorite music.

Nick Brunner the host of CapRadio’s modern music discovery show Hey, Listen! is with us this week to talk sad songs, surprising turns and local artists.

Morning Classical host Kevin Doherty shares what’s new and noteworthy in the world of classical music.

From frantic to fancy Nick Brunner shares new songs from Drug Apts., Las Pulgas, and Michael and the Machines. We look back on the first ever in-studio performance from Sea of Bees who headlines our Second Saturday art showcase this weekend.

Hey, Listen! Host Nick Brunner closes out the month with feBRUary, the newest release from Sacramento rapper Bru Lei. Also get introduced to the latest cuts by Y La Bamba and Royal Canoe.

CapRadio arts reporter Jeff Hudson previews upcoming classical concerts in this week’s Sound Advice.

For this week’s Sound Advice, Hey, Listen! Host Nick Brunner shares new tracks from artists on his radar, like Spud Cannon, Shad, Mattiel and The Chap.

CapRadio Jazz Music Director Gary Vercelli features exciting discoveries from the 2019 Jazz Congress in New York City.

DVS DJ Robyne Fawx joins Insight to send off UC Davis' Freeborn Hall, where she saw the Pete Seeger show that inspired her to go on the air.

K-ZAP host Dennis Newhall recommends box sets for the record collector in your family this holiday season.

In this edition of Sound Advice, he brings us the swan song by underheard powerhouse The Glands, plus artists with roots in Sacramento and a track recorded in our studios.

For this week’s Sound Advice, CapRadio jazz music director Gary Vercelli previews new releases from Benny Green, Harold Mabern, Yellowjackets, Doug Webb, and Miki Yamanaka.

Looking for something entirely unrelated to democracy? Hey, Listen! host Nick Brunner plays dictator with some of his favorite new releases from the last month.

CapRadio jazz host Devan Kortan previews upcoming concerts by Stanley Jordan, Karrin Allyson, Cyrille Aimee, and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra.

Classical host Kevin Doherty constructs a fantasy string quartet with four incredible recordings.

Hey, Listen! host Nick Brunner opines on his love of some recent E.P.s from Iron and Wine, Century Got BARS and more.